In the Sweet Pie and Pie
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| Directed by | Jules White |
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| Produced by | Jules White |
| Written by | Ewart Adamson Clyde Bruckman |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Dorothy Appleby Mary Ainslee Ethelreda Leopold Richard Fiske Vernon Dent Symona Boniface Eddie Laughton John Tyrrell Geneva Mitchell |
| Cinematography | George Meehan |
| Editing by | Jerome Thoms |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  October 16, 1941 |
| Running time | 17' 25" |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | An Ache in Every Stake |
| Followed by | Some More of Samoa |
In the Sweet Pie and Pie is the 58th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.
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Plot
Tiska (Dorothy Appleby), Taska (Mary Ainslee) and Baska (Ethelreda Leopold) Jones, three snippy society girls, are willed an inheritance so long as they are married. Their shrewd lawyer Diggin (Richard Fiske) suggests they marry three death row inmates (the Stooges) to retain the dough. When the boys are pardoned by the governor, the devious debutantes think up any excuse to divorce their new beaus. After enrolling the Stooges in an ill-fated dance lesson, Diggin suggests that the girls throw a formal party, hoping the Stooges will make a shambles of the evening. They do, of course, and the evening ends with the Stooges first genuine pie fight.
Pie fights
Larry Fine recalled that the most grueling scenes in this film involved pies:
| “ | Sometimes we would run out of pies, so the prop man would sweep up the pie goop off the floor, complete with nails, splinters, and tacks. Another problem was pretending you didn't know a pie was coming your way. To solve this, Jules would tell me 'Now Larry, Moe is going to smack you with a pie on the count of three.' Then Jules would tell Moe, 'Hit Larry on the count of two!' So when it came time to count, I never got to three, because Moe crowned me with a pie![citation needed] | ” |
Notes
- In the Sweet Pie and Pie marked the final appearance of supporting actor Richard Fiske. A perfect foil for the Stooges, Fiske's promising career was cut short when he was killed in action during World War II.[1]
- The title In the Sweet Pie and Pie is a play on the old song, "In the Sweet By and By."[1]
- The dancing lesson sequence was lifted from Hoi Polloi.[1]
- The cell block footage would reappear in Beer Barrel Polecats.[1]
- Several shots from the pie fight would reappear in Pest Man Wins.[1]
- This short has real life brothers, Curly and Moe Howard kissing. Other shorts in which the brothers lip lock are Higher than a Kite, Oily to Bed Oily to Rise, Dizzy Detectives and Crash Goes the Hash.
- This short, being released two months prior to the Pearl Harbor attacks, contains unintentional foreboding of the attacks. Specifically, at the beginning of the short, the three brides-to-be are told that they cannot marry Tom, Dick, and Harry because they have been ordered with their fleet to Hawaii. In response, one of the three ladies says "we're sunk". On the December 7th 1941, the Japanese attacked Hawaii and sunk several US naval ships.
References
- ^ a b c d e Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Comedy III Productions, Inc. pp. 193. ISBN 0971186804. http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Three-Stooges-Filmography-Companion/dp/0971186804/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201570359&sr=1-1.
Further reading
- Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard [1], (Citadel Press, 1977).
- The Three Stooges Scrapbook; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg [2](Citadel Press, 1994).
- The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming [3] (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
- One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry [4], (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).
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